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Las Vegas, Nevada Evening R eview -jou rn al Nov. 17, 1944 \ Water Wrangle ^Solution? j. D. G. Lorenzi, pioneer resident lof Las Vegas, in an open letter to the chamber of commerce, to-jday offered suggestions for the I solution of the water problem j in the Las Vegas valley. ' );> Declaring that “We face a * dangerous situation and we i must meet it with energy,” j Lorenzi traced the questions about water asked by possible j investors in this area, and de- I | dared that until these ques­tions could be answered with authority, the growth of Las | Vegas would be stymied. Lorenzi, in offering his solu­tion, suggested, a 60 inch pipeline i from Lake Mead to a point where the water can be turned into two | ! or more flumes and distributed to parts of the valley to be zoned. | He points out that 50,000 acres of tillable land can be supplied, each 10 acres of which will pro- j duce enough food for one family | per year, or enough to support 10,000 families. He says fruits-and vegetables o f unsurpassed quality can b e > grown in the valley soil, if prop-: erly irrigated. The land is rich | in lime and the sun power ip the area would;, produce the finest ; grapes in the world, he says. “Water taken from Lake Mead, : where it has been stored under the action of the air and algae, is vastly more suitable for agri­cultural purposes than artesian water,” he says. Lorenzi says the whole prob­lem .can be boiled down to a few words; ‘‘A pipe line from Lake Mead which will supply agriculture and industry; ar­tesian wells must be capped ; for regulation and conservation 1 of their flow for domestic use | only.” I He declares that $5,000,000 can! be borrowed from the RFC to[ finance the project and points ’ j out that the elimination of an ex- ! pensive chlorination plant will ! lower the cost of the water works ! by 25 per cent. “When wte have created a new? j and efficient water system, then ' and then only can we feel safe,” 1 j Lorenzi declares. H. E. D. NOV 21 1944 Jem